| Diocese of Norwich Dioecesis Norvicensis |
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Cathedral of Saint Patrick in Norwich |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | Counties of Middlesex, New London, Windham and Tolland |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Hartford |
| Metropolitan | Norwich, Connecticut |
| Population - Catholics |
228,520 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | August 6, 1953 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint Patrick |
| Patron saint | St. Anne St. Patrick |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Michael Richard Cote Bishop of Norwich |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Henry Joseph Mansell Archbishop of Hartford |
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| Website | |
| norwichdiocese.org | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory or diocese in Connecticut in the northeastern United States. It was erected on August 6, 1953 by Pope Pius XII.
Its canonical territory consists of the Connecticut counties of Middlesex, New London, Windham and Tolland. It also includes Fishers Island, N.Y. (Suffolk County). From 1781, Lebanon just northwest of Norwich, is the place in which the Catholic "Mass was first celebrated, continuously and for a long period, within the limits of the State of Connecticut."[1]
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The following have served as bishop of the diocese: